Re: New male nurse, and got a question

im a male RN too, and im straight, i think that whole thing that you are not straight is so yesterday, and im also 22

Re: New male nurse, and got a question

Who gives a flying hoot what anybody's sexual orientation is. Patient load depends on so many factors besides plain numbers, but for a retirement home like situation 22 patients on night shift does not sound excessive for a CNA. How long was your orientation?

Re: New male nurse, and got a question

1-19 pt's is a lot, but if you're gonna be working night shift in a ECF, the ratios are def gonna be crappy. Sad but true. 9 times outa 10, it's all about the almighty dollar, and the administrator isn't gonna change that. Maybe you should think about trying to work in acute care, where there are less pt's, just higher acuity.

2-I don't give a rip who ya sleep with. In my experience, live and let live. I will say that in nursing, you'd better expect to be tolerant LOL. I've worked with gays, lesbians, and all in between. A nurse is a nurse is a nurse. I care bout how you do your work on the job, and how you can react in an emergent situation(work in ICU here).

Re: New male nurse, and got a question

Hi I'm Mark (I'm straight too btw hurr hurr), I'm an RN and I used to work as an aide at a nursing home. We'd have 30 pts for 2 CNAs with a few of them being total care. It really does depend on how much assistance the patients require on whether an assignment is fair or not (we call that acuity). There is no law that I'm aware of that governs CNA staffing, sorry!

Maybe we can get a gay male nurse to weigh in on this ratio issue?


PS, you're not a nurse. You're a nurse's aide